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...While these two students epitomize the heinous fallout of a monster class, the small-scale implications of negligible student-teacher relations can prove just as detrimental to the student. Mendelsohn himself admits that the distance between him and his students in his Core course is glaring. "Someone will walk though the Yard and smile at me and I'll have no idea that they are in my class," he recalls...
...dictator go, he faces another roadblock: the once arcane principle of universal jurisdiction. This dates to the heyday of piracy, when any nation could deal with the brigands of the high seas. These days there is considerable agreement that systematic torture and genocide are such heinous crimes that any country should be free to try those who are accused of them. "Some crimes go beyond boundaries," says Robert Pastor, a member of Carter's National Security Council, "and we ought to pursue them that way." So rather than extradite Pinochet, Britain could try him in an English court...
...Hampshire, David Fischer was convicted in November 1996 of domestic violence-related assault and battery and witness tampering--heinous crimes, but not in any way related to the political process or deserving of disenfranchisement. On Oct. 27, Fischer regained his vote, having convinced an appeals court that the state constitution allowed disenfranchisement only in cases of treason, bribery or violation of election laws...
Anwar: Definitely not. This is nothing but vile character assassination to prevent me from becoming PM. I've produced evidence to prove a high-level conspiracy against me. The allegations include all forms of sexual misconduct, corruption, treason, complicity in a murder and other heinous crimes. Ultimately I will be vindicated. Insya Allah [God willing...
What is going on? It's hard to imagine that in the U.S., the most advanced country in the world, we are still faced with heinous crimes of hate like the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, the young gay man in Wyoming [NATION, Oct. 26]. We must stop killing others because they are different from us. The religious right should be embarrassed by its claims and advertisements that gays can "change" to be heterosexuals. I hope Shepard's family knows that he was not "sick" but a victim of "sick" thinkers. SAMUEL LOUIS MORRIS Greenville...